professional soldier
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“There is a very strict selection process there. Everyone is a professional soldier – no conscripts,” he explains.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024
Oleh is a professional soldier - noted by the tattoo across his left arm reading "pugnare cum gladio," Latin for "fight with a sword."
From Reuters • Dec. 21, 2022
Byun voluntarily joined as a non-commissioned officer to become a professional soldier.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2021
Jackson’s grandfather was a professional soldier in the British Army before the war began, and served in the conflict for its duration.
From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2018
But Burgoyne was something more than the professional soldier.
From Burgoyne's Invasion of 1777 With an outline sketch of the American Invasion of Canada, 1775-76. by Drake, Samuel Adams
